John Bishop House

Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States

United States historic place


John Bishop House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

John Bishop House, March 2011
40°18′2″N 75°50′56″W / 40.30056°N 75.84889°W / 40.30056; -75.84889
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c. 1770
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Other, Palladian Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	85001390^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 27, 1985

John Bishop House is a historic home located in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is a colonial Georgian dwelling in the Palladian style. It was built about 1770, and is a 2+1⁄2-story stone dwelling with a gable roof and two-story addition. It features a cut stone facade, Georgian entryway, and open staircase rising three stories.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-25. Note: This includes Richard Levengood and Dale Wayne Slusser (November 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Bishop House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.